Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by juniper
CVE-2026-101970Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Specific PIM messages causes rpd crash when multiple-triggered-joins is used
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity use-after-free in Junos OS from Juniper Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Use After Free vulnerability in the rpd PIM Join/Prune processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to crash the routing daemon via specific PIM messages when sparse mode PIM is configured.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | 0 – before 23.2R2-S7.723.4 – before 23.4R2-S8.1324.2 – before 24.2R2-S5.524.4 – before 24.4R2-S525.2 – before 25.2R2-S225.4 – before 25.4R1-S326.2 – before 26.2R1-S2 |
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS Evolved | 0 – before 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO23.4 – before 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO24.2 – before 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO24.4 – before 24.4R2-S5-EVO25.2 – before 25.2R2-S2-EVO25.4 – before 25.4R1-S3-EVO26.2 – before 26.2R1-S2-EVO23.4X100 |
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187 vendor-advisory